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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B1296
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Justin II; Sophia; Constantinople
Denomination:  Half-Follis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  568-570
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.50
Weight (g):  7.99
Axis (degrees):  0.00
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Description:  Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia holding a cross sceptre in l. hand. Reverse: K with cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N IVS … ([Inferred] Our lord Justin, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO Ч (Year 5). Officina: Δ (4).

Bibliography:  MIB II 44a

3 Related People

Justin II
Byzantine
c.520
October 578
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Sophia
Byzantine
Before 530
After 600
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